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Letters, legal documents, notices, policies etc regarding various legal matters not connected to property and land. Includes:
-Copy of last will and testament of George Earle 28.11.1777
-Letter re payment of compensation of ten guineas to Jonathan Hopwood to Viscount Irwin for trespasses and damages to Foss Island 09.01.1779
-Extracts from will of Henry Waite, deceased, free 30.05.1781
-Probate of last will and testament of Jonathan Hopwood 20.05.1784
-Copy of letters of administration to the effects of Margaret Hopwood granted to her daughters 08.10.1787
-Copy of extract from will of John Atkinson, deceased, 08.04.1807
-Minute regarding grounds of exemption of the close outside Peasholme Green Postern from the payment of tithes resulting from the demand of tithes made on William Gray 18.06.1809
-Extract from will of James Whitwell March 1816
-Acknowledgement by William and George Lawton to William Gray re windows and potential trespass on his property adjoining theirs in Postern Close 03.02.1825
-Copy of last will and testament of George Earle 15.02.1825
-Extract from General Meeting Book of the Market Committee re meeting of the trustees of Harle and Barley 26.08.1833
-Probate of the will of John Johnson, deceased, 02.11.1833
-Certificate of payment to the court by Harle and Barley 17.05.1834
-Copy of affidavit orders to Harle and Barley 05.08.1834
-Administration of the effects of Richard Waite 22.02.1836
-Fire and Life Insurance Policy for three dwellings in Powell Place 26.02.1836
-Extract from General Meeting Book of the Market Committee - order for sales involving Lockwood and trustees and also Waite and Hard 30.01.1837.
-Fire and Life Insurance Policies for dwelling houses in Patrick Pool, Church Street and Carmelite Street, taken out by John Powell and George Chlomley 28.11.1837
-Loan agreement for loan of £3,182/10/6 from John Powell to George Leeman in connection with planned erection of a bridge over the River Wharf 20.04.1838
-Fire and Life Insurance Policies on properties on Parliament Street and Church Street (includes Albion Hotel), taken out by John Powell and George Chlomley 28.10.1839
-Fire and Life Insurance Policies on properties on Parliament Street and Church Street (includes Albion Hotel), taken out by John Powell and George Chlomley 29.09.1840
-Certificate to show that Elizabeth Aitken was of full age and competent understanding in relation to a mortgage agreement 03.04.1844
-Account with Richard Powell from George Leeman 24.11.1844
-Extract from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of York - administration of the goods of Rachel Wilson, deceased, 09.01.1845
-Legacy receipt of stamps and taxes for the estate of George Earle 14.08.1847
-Release relating to trust legacy of £200 bequeathed by the late Ann Elin to George Leeman 19.12.1874
-Copy of will of John Johnson 07.09.1875
-Copy of last will and testament of George Leeman 26.07.1882

Letters, notes etc relating to the Leeman and connected families (not including wills and probate). Includes:
-Note describing elements of the Earle family
-Copy of burial notice of Mary Pape 1825
-Copy of certificate of burial of Mra Faith Gray 27.12.1826 (copy dated 07.09.1837)
-Extract from baptisms register of Thorganby-cum-Cottingwith - Christenings of John Waite 1755 and Richard Waite 1763, sons of Henry Waite (copy dated 29.03.1836)
-Declaration by John Donaldson of firsthand information about the Wilson family, including family tree 05.10.1847
-Copy of death certificate of John Johnson 15.02.1876
-Copy of entry into register of deaths for John Johnson 15.02.1876

These files were created by Anne Gordon in the 2000s, to highlight different aspects of life in York. The files are primarily a combination of newspaper cuttings and original research notes on a variety of topics. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of each file.

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Papers of John Goodricke. Includes:
-School exercise book Mathematics, Trigonometry and Logarithms 1780 (from Goodricke's time at Warrington Academy)
-Journal of Astronomical Observations 1781-1786
-Notebook Catalogue of Stars, Nebulas, and Double Stars Etc. 1782-1783
-Notebook Reductions of Observations of Eclipses, Occultations, Etc.' 1782-1784
-Journal of the Going of My Clock 1782-1784
-Reductions of the Places of Comets Etc, Etc. 1783
-Printed copies of communications from John Goodricke to the Royal Society 1783-1785

Papers of Nathaniel Pigott. Includes:
-Barometrical and Thermometrical Observations 1760-1769
-Astronomical Observations 1760-1772
-Astronomical Journal 1761-1786
-Astronomical Observations 2 (fair copy) 1766-1773
-Mathematical Correspondence to 1781. 1770-1782
-Mathematical Correspondence 1783, 1784, and 1786. 1783-1786
-Book of Transit Observations 1778-1785

Papers of Edward Pigott. Includes:
-First Astronomical Journal 1773-1789
-Astronomical Journal 1769-1801
-Book of Transit Observations 1781-1790
-Celestial Atlas Atlas, Celeste de Flamsteed, annotated, 1776-1815
-Papers by Edward Pigott read before the Royal Society 1779-1815
-Notebook- Transit Observations of Herchell's Planet reduced (Uranus) 1781-1782
-Folder of Observations, Drawings and Letters on Comets 1782-1786
-Calculations on the Declination of Venus 1782-1786
-Results of the Observations of Herchell's Planet (Uranus) 1782-1783
-Folder Declinations and Right Ascensions of Stars Observed 1782-1785
-Notebook Reductions of the Georgian Sidus (Uranus) 1783-1785
-Calculations of the Right Ascension and Declination of Pigott's Comet and of the Longitude of York 1781-1785

Letters of John Goodricke and Nathaniel and Edward Pigott. Includes:
-Goodricke's Communications to the Royal Society 1783-1785
-Goodricke's Other Letters 1783-1784
-Letters and Memoranda of Nathaniel and Edward Pigott 1774-1812

Printed material by other individuals. Includes:
-Observations des hauteurs faites avec le Barometre, au mois d'Aoust 1751 sur une partie des Alpen by Mr Needham 1760
-Further Observations Upon Lightning by Benjamin Wilson 1774
-Description of a Method of Taking the Differences of Right Ascension and Declination with the Reticule Rhomboide of Dr Bradley by H.E. 1784
-Tables of the Apparent Places of the Comet of 1661, Whose Return is Expected in 1789. by Sir Henry Englefield 1788

Papers relating to the family history of the Gray family including Robert Gray, William Gray and Johnathan Gray. Includes legal documents, letters, notes and pedigrees which trace the history of the family including those who married into the family.

Account books of William Gray and Faith Gray including household and personal accounting information.

Correspondence of various Gray family memebrs including William Gray Senior and Junior, Johnathan Gray and Mary Gray. Covers a wide variety of personal, financial and religious subjects.

This series currently comprises family newspapers only.

Diaries of Faith Gray and of William Gray during the later years of his life. Also includes notes by William Gray recollecting his youth and reflecting on Faith's religious state in the last few days of her life.

Journals & descriptions of tours by William Gray , Jonathan Gray and Margaret Gray to various national and international locations.

Various manuscript and typescript sermons and religious notes by various members of the Gray family. Includes notes on the death of Lucy Gray.

Various published material relating to and collected by the Gray family including memoirs, notes and press cuttings.

At present this collection only includes one set of 10 reproduction drawings by Hall, which appeared in the Yorkshire Gazette.

Set of meeting minutes relating to the local decisions made by the Town Council, and previously the Parish Council, in Haxby. Includes discussions on issues such as planning, roads and green spaces.

Records of Haxby & Wigginton Cemetery Committee, which is a sub-committee of Haxby Town Council. Includes registers of burials, Joint Burial Committee minutes, cemetery accounts and grants of exclusive rights of burial.

Oral history testimonies and trancript from veterans of the Second World War, discussing their experiences. Includes a number of members of York Normandy Veterans.

The files include MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 files (interviews with format identified by DROID), MPEG-4 audio files (interviews without format identified by DROID) and a Microsoft Word document (transcripts).

The date range for these records (2016 - 2020) spans from the earliest creation date to the last-modified date. The last-modified dates were inadvertently altered by preservation actions but the original last-modified dates were recovered and are recorded at file level.

Complete series of typed minutes of meetings of the committee.

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At present this collection only comprises one large-format invoice book containing folded invoices to clients, and one customer order book. Arranged chronologically.

Books relating to the world of fabrics, retained by Hardings Linen Drapers as reference works.

Includes correspondence with suppliers, final sale of the shop contents, and correspondence with York Castle Museum regarding parts of the collection.

At present this collection only comprises one bundle of title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate.

Includes one photocopied article on Hardings Linen Drapers, and one York Press supplement entitled 'York in 1893.'

At present this collection comprises one bought ledger (marked No 14) and one sundries ledger (marked No 1).

Certificates and additional papers relating to the Merchant Taylors company, of whom G W Harding was a member.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements, a household cash book, property papers relating to the building of the family home in North Road, Clifton, tickets to the Military Sunday service, winter programme for the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association and letter regarding a codicil to Mrs Harding's will. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes an indexed list of customers with details of what purchased. Please note, only numerical references are given to purchases rather than full details. Contains names and addresses.

Includes papers relating to the redevelopment of the 20-27 High Ousegate site,

Includes two red used check books numbered 19 and 20, and two used green check books labelled 'G W Harding, the linen warehouses, York.'

Two handwritten alphabetical lists of suppliers.

Includes account books,

Includes photographs of various Hardings premises, as well as details from some window displays. Also contains glass plates relating to the 'Right of Light' legal dispute around the redevelopment of the High Ousegate and Coppergate site. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Items of stationary used by G W Hardings during the course of their business. Includes parcel delivery slips, Lion Brand newswrappers, printed postcards, blank order book, trademark label for Irish Linen, receipt and branded carrier bags. Also includes one page of letterhead paper and one evaluaton pro forma.

Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices, as well as catalogues for external companies, one brochure for lace and one illustrated list of samples.

Includes printed advertisements for Hardings and their products, and shop notices advertising particular products or events. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Bundles of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached.

Samuel Hey was at Ockbrook Vicarage throughout, but occasionally wrote letters elsewhere. Letters are from father to son unless otherwise stated.

At this time he was in residence at Allestree Hall near Derby.

All the letters were sent from Ockbrook.

The cover contains notes on these three and two other letters.

The letters are arranged chronologically. Notes on the contents of each of the letters can be found in the individual item descriptions below.

The letters are arranged chronologically. Notes on the contents of each of the letters can be found in the individual item descriptions below.

Some of the matters described in these letters are also contained in letters written by their father (HEY/1) and other members of the family. Apart from HEY/5/4 and HEY/5/6, these were written at Ockbrook, and all were sent to William Hey at Silk Willoughby Rectory. All give in great detail accounts of church services and other ecclesiastical affairs, plus family and social news. Lucy was only eleven when she started writing to her brother. Their father has added a P.S. to HEY/5/4, which Lucy wrote at Ilkley when accompanied by Fanny (the nurse) and her brother Samuel, two years her junior. The P.S. conveys anxiety about their mother's illness; she died at the end of the following January. The journey to Ilkley is described by Lucy and an excursion to Leeds to see Aunt Rebecca and other relations there; also the visit from Grandpapa (Gray) and Aunt Mary (Mrs. Jonathan Gray). The William at Malton mentioned in the P.S. is the famous missionary, William Jowett (1787-1855) - see DNB, a brother of Rev. Joseph Jowett of Silk Willoughby. HEY/5/6 emanated from Quorndon (or Quorn) near Loughborough, where some of the children had gone for their health, Lucy preferring Kedleston water to Chalybeate(?). Owing to the cross-writing, much of this last letter is very difficult to read. Lucy was said to be suffering from cholera morbus. This child died on 27th Nov 1826, aged 13.

Rebecca took charge at Ockbrook Vicarage on the death of William's mother in 1826. The first letter is to William at Silk Willoughby, followed by four to Sherborne School and one only to Cambridge in 1832.

All were written from her school, Alders, Tamworth to William at Cambridge 1831-1833. Margaret, although physically weak, settled well and enjoyed her schooling. In HEY/8/1 the friend of the Grays was undoubtedly Mr. Brodrick, the London Solicitor who had been articled at York to Margaret's grandfather at the same time as her uncle Jonathan Gray. Cholera is mentioned in letters HEY/8/3 and HEY/8/4. In HEY/8/5, brother Samuel's failure to write was doubtless the result of his having an extremely full curriculum at Leeds Medical School and the Infirmary, which he went to in August 1831. He had written to her in the autumn of 1832 (HEY/8/4). Cousin Samuel was the Rev. Samuel Hey later called 'Sam Hey of Sawley': he never married and died in 1893 aged 87.

The first five are from his schools at Gainsborough and Blackheath (1833-1837), all being sent to Cambridge, except the last in 1837. The last five are from and to various locations and destinations (1840-1844). For Robert’s clerical appointments, see note to HEY/9/10: it was at Robert’s house at Belper that his father, the Revd. Samuel Hey died in 1852.

Includes minutes from initial meetings to set upt the association, from AGMs, meetings of the Executive Committee, and of the final public meeting to dissolve the association. Also includes some associated reports and papers presented at meetings, including a final report from the Chairman and a history of the association.

A complete set of annual reports for 1981-2018 in printed booklets.

Information included in each annual report varies between years, but generally includes some of the following: meeting agenda for the next AGM; a short annual report or chairman's report; minutes of the previous AGM; an activity report; financial statements and accounts; and short reports on associated issues including support for and work with other charities.

Each annual report was audited, printed and created the year after the year of the report.

Duplicate copies have been kept for 2017 and 2018.

Published annual reports and balance sheets. By 1914 the Association was incorporating the Tuberculosis Crusade Committee and the Infant's Welfare Association.

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Includes handbills of boxing events, and large format posters for matches. Some of the matches include Fred Hawksby on the bill. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Newspaper cuttings relating to the career of Fred Hawksby, includings details of some of his fights.

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Includes one advertising notice for Kid Lawton's School of Genuine Fighters, typescript note of some of Fred Hawksby's fights, and letter to 'Mr Hawksley' from J J Paget, Boxing Promoter, 1938.

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Photographs of Fred Hawksby and his family members. Also includes one photograph (now in two sections) of Sheffield boxer Gus Platts, and one negative of an unidentified football team.

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Includes copy birth certificate of John Hawskby, boxing licence of Fred Hawksby, wages envelope and ticket to an amateur boxing tournament.

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From c.1885 the name of the school changes to Hungate Mission School. The collection includes four minute books, one receipt for a tea delivery, one class register and one notice of a general meeting.

Includes pedigrees and handwritten notes for many families in York. See individual file descriptions for which surnames are included in each file. The files have been arranged alphabetically.

Includes maps, a booklet with sketches, correspondence, notes relating to York, Beverley and Scarborough, and drafts of Hugh Murrays book on town plans.

Includes typescript pages, list of Peckitt works, notes relating to the genealogy of Peckitt and Fenton, papers by Brighton and photocopied articles.

Includes newspaper cuttings, secondary source material and handwritten notes regarding the supply of electricity to York and the history of street furniture.

Files of press cuttings relating to various aspects of York history, and the history of further afield. See file level descriptions for more detailed information. Also includes additional papers where these were originally stored with the newspaper cuttings files.

Detailed index cards compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his research. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files relating to the history of the Pearson room at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Research notes relating to the history of the police in York and North Yorkshire. See file-level descriptions for more detailed information.

Includes details of the Kempe / Kemp arms, details of the family history and newsletters relating to the Kempe Society.

Includes papers relating to railways, horse trams, trolleybuses and electrobuses, boats and the Sheppee Steam Company.

Research notes compiled by Hugh Murray on various churches and York Minster, as well as church graveyards. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files of papers relating to classes taught by Hugh Murray over the course of his career.

Research notes compiled by Hugh Murray relating to Lord Mayors of York and other civic officials. Please see file level descriptions for more details information about the contents of this series.

Papers relating to York Civic Trust, including meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust Awards and Bishophill Action Plan 1972, which were co-located with the Civic Trust papers.

Research notes relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Research notes relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.

Collection of research files compiled by Hugh Murray, where the contents cannot be easily distributed into collated series. Please see individual file level descriptions for details of the contents of this very varied series.

Includes papers on the Boer War and First World War memorials in York. Please see file descriptions for more detailed information.

Series of talks, and research notes for talks, compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his work as a local historian. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Research notes on stained glass painters and stained glass windows. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes colour photographs of drawings and paintings, believed to have been used in the work 'York Through the Eyes of the Artist.'

Includes tradesmen's bills and correspondence of H A Hudson.

Microfiche of the International Genealogical Index, Yorkshire region (as at 1992), as well as other genealogical resources.

Includes printed annual reports from York's Chief Constable, papers relating to Scarborough Bridge, public health, Layerthorpe slum clearance, the Lord Mayor's Heritage Working Group and industry and pollution in York. Also includes publications issued by City of York Council.

Published river charts relating to the navigation of rivers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Includes bundles relating to Castle Howard, churches and merchants, Whitby and Leeds.

Two bundles of photocopied maps and plans of York and the surrounding area.

Includes specific information on many individual York pubs, as well as more general information on the history of pubs in the city and the history of beer.

Published magazines about York, including editions of City Life.

Scrapbooks relating to York buildings and weather, and places of interest.

Files of handwritten notes, photocopied documents, newspaper cuttings and typescripts relating to photographs of York, early photographers and their work. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes one file specifically on the Grand Opera House (previously the Electric Theatre) and one file of newspaper cuttings on other York venues.

Newspaper cuttings on York schools and their activities. Some cuttings are arranged by school.

Includes minutes and papers of meetings of the Friends of York Minster, as well as accounts and a letter to Hugh Murray thanking him for his service on the committee.

Files relating to the role of the Royal Family, their connection with York, and Royal events. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files of additional papers which cannot be easily classified into series. Please see file and item level desciptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Original archival documents retained by, or acquired by, Hugh Murray during the course of his research. In most cases the provenance of these items is not recorded.

Two British Library microfilms and one from North Yorkshire County Record Office. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files relating to heraldry in York and elsewhere. Includes transcripts of a series of lectures carried out by Hugh Murray on the subject, and details of ecclesiastical heraldry. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

These materials were originally stored as loose items alongside the collection, due to their size. They have been grouped together by the archivist. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes notes on York goldsmiths and silversmiths, including details of wills, and copies of secondary source material.